Neuropsychological Rehabilitation for Critically Ill Patients

Advances in critical care management have greatly improved survival rates following critical care admission, allowing long-term recovery to take increasing precedence in both the clinical setting and the literature. It is recognised that patient outcome can be negatively influenced by several, if not all, elements of the ‘post-intensive care syndrome’, a collection of health disorders that are common among patients who survive an intensive care admission. These conditions, such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive impairment have a significant impact on patients’ long-term quality of life [1].